Chapter 503 - Going Separate Ways (1/2)
Sahara’s million years of rolling heatwaves seemed to achieve an ultimate eruption following Qin Fen’s punch. The endless warmth was completely exhausted in an instant and the visible heatwave air flow disappeared without a trace. The sounds of battle sounded through the sky at this moment and it returned to the past tranquility.
Qin Fen gasped heavily and his fist stayed in the same place. He continued panting heavily and stood rooted to the ground as he watched Zuo Dongting, whose chest was blasting with blood in the air.
His muscles crept and grew wildly at his severe wounds. They condensed together quickly as if he was never hurt. That was a biochemical beast’s instinctive repair. It could repair most of the organs but could not repair nor create a new heart.
The body was recovering but the life force would no longer return to the body.
Zuo Dongting’s body flew away in the air and his focused pupils widened a little. He looked at the dark blue sky and his life quickly replayed in his mind. The bits and pieces of martial dao gathered together.
Without a heart, life was passing… Zuo Dongting turned over in the air and looked at Qin Fen on the ground like a God. He looked quietly and slowly raised his hands. The burning red Supreme Yang Sun Divine Art gushed out from his palms. The brilliant red flame of the light resembled a real fire!
Ground Shield! Snake King’s heart twitched. Zuo Dongting who was about to finish the last journey of his life and miraculously reached the level of Ground Aura Shield before he died!
Whizz…
A sand shadow floated in the desert and Xue Tian stood in front of Qin Fen with a broken saber. He didn’t appear in the battle just now not because of his incapability but because Qin Fen wanted to fight the battle himself. What he did as a friend was stand by, ready to take over anytime.
Even if Xue Tian didn’t enter the state of Furious Beheader, his combat power couldn’t be underestimated!
Zuo Dongting was suspended high in the sky. The messy hair and bloodstains all over his body were not able to make him flustered. The military’s iron aura dominated this side of the world and his body slowly landed on the ground.
“Great…”
Zuo Dongting’s foot touched the ground and was unsteady. He swayed and stabilized his body. Besides disbelief, his eyes were only filled with admiration. Putting aside the identity of an enemy as well as everything else and leaving only pure martial dao, this martial dao senior expressed his admiration towards his junior’s ability.
Zuo Dongting’s breathing had stopped and his pupils were still a little scattered. The God of Death was trying hard to pull the last breath of life away from his body.
The Investiture of the Gods had smashed his internal organs completely and cut off his last chance of survival. Even with the fusion of level four biochemical beast, there was still no way to enrich his heart.
The reason why Zuo Dongting did not collapse was because of the unique military soul of a soldier!
“Ground Shield? What a pity, it’s too late.” Zuo Dongting shook his head gently and scattered the aura of his palms. He raised his thumb gently, “Sure enough, heroes emerge from the youths…”
Zuo Dongting glanced at Xue Tian and turned his eyes to the distant Caesar with his group of people who had just fully healed and WERE approaching quickly. He finally set his sights on Qin Fen, “Young man, cherish this gang of friends around you. They are all outstanding, they are not inferior to you. Competition is good. Don’t let the darkness of the heart change its nature to become like Snake King and me.”
Zuo Dongting slowly looked up at the sky. As his life pulled away, his body started to age. His wrinkled face revealed a smile as if he lamented something. He sighed and looked at the group of nervous young men around Qin Fen.
Zuo Dongting tidied up his already ruined military uniform and tried to make it look more well-ironed. His eyes slowly shut and he no longer had any sign of life. Suddenly, the soles of his feet released a blast of dust that burst into the sky. It forcefully expelled the true energy that Qin Fen hit into the body. He finished the last journey of life while standing still in the same place.
He was dead but his body did not fall. It was not destroyed, just like a military soul! It was the most basic standing posture that a soldier learned on the first day he entered the army! The last posture of Zuo Dongting’s life!
Snake King looked at Zuo Dongting’s body that was like a majestic peak erected upright on earth. His eyes carried a faint sign of sorrow but restored to the cold of the Arctic in the blink of an eye. He looked down on the battlefield after the fierce fight and still couldn’t believe the reality he was seeing. Zuo Dongting, a powerful eighteen-star martial artist with overwhelming combat experience and incomparable steel-like willpower had actually died!
Du Hen had considered a lot before the battle and in any case, it felt that Zuo Dongting had a bigger chance of winning. It would be considered the best result if Qin Fen could join forces with Xue Tian and others to inflict severe harm to Zuo Dongting.
On the contrary, it was not the case for Qin Fen! It was this group of young men where each of them displayed ability beyond expectations. Qin Fen continuously modified the martial arts technique in the final battle and finally shattered Zuo Dongting’s perfect Five Mountains Fist Technique. The spirit and soul of the Five Mountains still could not manage to take on Qin Fen’s punch that was fueled with real emotions combined with the uniqueness and majesty of the million years Sahara.
Du Hen never even thought that it would be such death in the battle! In the past, he even considered that if both sides hurt badly, Xing Wuyi would appear with Du Peng to carry on the final battle to kill Zuo Dongting.
Splash…
A trace of black blood spurted from the part of Qin Fen’s body that was shot and the bullet embedded in the body was sent out slowly with the muscles’ movement.
Xing Wuyi, who sat in the Secretus Class S-Level Battleship, said slowly, “Jessica, we can now give up the TV station’s control power. Launch the airship to the center of the battlefield.”
Du Hen slowly descended from the sky. His appearance did not surprise the group of young men as though they had already known that Snake King would appear here.
Du Hen glanced at Zuo Dongting and walked slowly towards Qin Fen. He nodded lightly with a slight appreciation, “Excellent. Perfect.”
Qin Fen looked at Du Hen quietly. There was no anger, sorrow or any emotion in his eyes. He just looked at Du Hen quietly. Is the old man’s heart really made out of iron? He didn’t shed a tear when Du Zhanpeng died and now, Gun King, who was the most loyal subordinate to him, died just like that.
“Very good, absolutely well done.” Du Hen studied the people around Qin Fen, “Adding the scores of these people together, you will probably have the highest score. Saturn…”
“General Du.” Qin Fen interrupted Du Hen’s words coldly, “I helped you kill Zuo Dongting. The favor I owed you is cleared off and we are now even right?”
“You are still a soldier…”
Thud… The lieutenant colonel’s pin was thrown onto the golden yellow sand.
Qin Fen looked quietly at Du Hen in the eyes, “I, Qin Fen, am no longer a soldier from today onwards.”
“You have a great future in the military.” Du Hen looked at Qin Fen, “In the future, not only you can take over East Asia’s army but the entire Federation as well. You could be the first all-army chief commander since martial artists took over the Federation.”
Qin Fen laughed, “There is no cooperation with people going separate ways.”
The roar of the battleship interrupted the scene that had fallen into silence.
Xing Wuyi walked down the military battleship slowly followed by Chen Feiyu who was holding Zuo Lin. Following behind them was a lost and stupefied Butcher.
This was Qin Fen’s arrangement. Although Xing Wuyi said that Chen Feiyu, a martial artist at the peak of sixteen-star class, did not need to be with him, Qin Fen insisted on keeping him to prevent any accidents.
“Grandfather…”
The roar of the battleship could not cover the deafening call of Zuo Lin and he tried to break away from the control of Chen Feiyu. Under the direction of Xing Wuyi, the colonel who lost his left arm was allowed to rush in front of Zuo Dongting.
Death… Zuo Lin could feel that there was no sign of life in Zuo Dongting.
Zuo Lin stared at Zuo Dongting. This is my grandfather! The grandfather who once carried me on his shoulders when I was a child.
For a moment, Zuo Lin forgot about the problems of life and death that he worried about not long ago. He looked at Zuo Dongting, baffled, and remained so for a few seconds.
Suddenly, a grievous shriek roared from Zuo Lin’s throat, echoing in the sky. The eyes with a mixture of blood and tears suddenly turned to Qin Fen with extreme murderous intention filled his eyes, “Qin Fen! You killed my grandfather!”
It was unsure where he got the power from but Zuo Lin rushed to the front of Qin Fen and swung his fist towards Qin Fen’s head. Du Peng appeared silently behind him and pressed him to the ground. He could not get up no matter how he struggled.